I agree. I don't think Kelly is prepared to deal with SEC boosters.
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I agree. I think UCLA will really push to get Kelly there and he will likely accept. Florida may then go after Mullen if Frost does take the Nebraska job.
He'll have to deal with boosters anywhere he goes. They'll stay off his back if he produces and with the talent he'll get from Florida alone he'll do that sooner than later.
Wouldn't hold your breath on that this year! Our class will be about quality not quantity.
One thing I heard was UF is a nike school while UCLA is under armour. Not sure if it matters to Kelly but at UF, could he get more support from Phil Knight and his gazillions?
Florida is a ket reason UGA fans came to dislike Richt, though he is the 2nd winningest coach in UGA history, and now Richt at Miami is scaring Florida fans.
College football.
My friend who lives near the Bay Area followed Harbaugh closely at both Stanford and with the 49ers. He thinks Harbaugh is not fully focused on Michigan because he feels he has unfinished business in the NFL.
Someone told me that he has the same record through 31 games as former coach Brady Hoke. Now that's embarrassing.
Espn asked coach's which they'd choose out of UF and UCLA if they were Kelly:
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ins-florida-gators-coaches-offer-their-advice
Not much new - easier success at UF since they just need an offense, while UCLA needs more defense. But easier recruiting at UCLA "for him" and less spot-light given all the other sports teams in LA.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ins-florida-gators-coaches-offer-their-advice
Not much new - easier success at UF since they just need an offense, while UCLA needs more defense. But easier recruiting at UCLA "for him" and less spot-light given all the other sports teams in LA.
If Kelly goes to UF, every school in the SEC, as well as FSU and Miami, will keep all eyes peeled on him for the slightest infraction. And the college sports media will keep close tabs. Plus, all UF boosters who feel slighted by him in any way, or who feel that he is not winning enough, will turn on him within 3 years.
Nobody in LA - other than SC boosters - cares enough about UCLA sports to care if Kelly were the biggest cheat in CFB history.
UCLA seems like the better fit, but I wouldn't be shocked if he takes the UF job.
Yeah, it's wild. The Chip Kelly decision and Gruden / UT makes this coaching cycle very interesting.
I've also seen the Fisher - A&M rumors out there. Who do you think then goes to FSU if Fisher takes one of those jobs?
That move would mark Jimbo as rather dumb. Auburn will always be the #2 program in AL. FSU has the best layout - based on its size and admissions standards and the number of P5 recruits who live within a 3 hour drive of campus - to win the most games in the ACC over any decade.
A&M in every decade in history averages to about a 7 win team. In the brutal SEC West, Jimbo Fisher would find that getting A&M, or Auburn, to average more than 8.5 Ws per year over a decade would be nigh impossible.
SI reporting that Aggies will fire Sumlin after LSU game.
If the Ags come after home town boy Fedora, I won't weep. He could take Brandon Harris as his QB coach.
If the Ags come after home town boy Fedora, I won't weep. He could take Brandon Harris as his QB coach.
One can only hope, although I think he would always have one foot out the door looking for a better job.
True.
But rumour has it that we're going to convert to the triple option, so Kelly wouldn't be a good hire for us anyway...
True.
But rumour has it that we're going to convert to the triple option, so Kelly wouldn't be a good hire for us anyway...
Well, triple option coaches aren't in high demand for obvious reasons, so at least we would have some long-term stability at the HC position. Wins? Not so much. The games against GA Tech would instant classics though.
I think he'd have been happy a very long time in Eugene with Phil Knight's money. But the NCAA was sniffing hard.
I don't think Taggert would take even the Florida job now. Leave Oregon after 1 year? And make Phil Knight hate you?
Now, if Knight could get Scott Frost to take the Oregon job, then he'd likely be OK with Taggert returning to his home state.
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